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Liberty woman OK after driving into gully

The driver of a car which ran off the road and landed in a wooded gully on Thursday afternoon came through the accident unscathed. Ash-Rand Rescue, Randolph EMS, Franklinville and Staley volunteer fire departments, Randolph County emergency management and the N.C. Highway Patrol responded to an accident on N.C. 49 between Ramseur and Liberty around 2 p.m. The road was blocked for nearly two hours while rescuers pulled Janice Marie Murphy, 49, of 142 Keeter Court, Liberty, from her car. Trooper H.N. Johnson said that Murphy, who had been driving north on N.C. 49, ran off the road, overcorrected and slid down the hill. The car landed on the passenger side. Murphy was charged with failure to maintain lane control. (GRETA LINT/ THE COURIER-TRIBUNE)